Although the concubine was the Empress's person, the Empress was probably afraid that the concubine would become arrogant because of the Empress's favor... and that if the concubine clung to Xiao Yan's leg, she would kick her away.

Yun Yao didn't see Xiao Yan all day, and heard that he had suddenly caught a cold.

She saw him perfectly fine in the main hall yesterday, how come he caught a cold today?

Could it be that he was having sex with someone last night, took off his clothes, and forgot to close the window?

But the concubine seemed perfectly fine...

Yun Yao thought that as the Crown Princess, she should at least go and see Xiao Yan.

When she arrived, only Su Yimo was in the room.

Su Yimo was holding a bowl and feeding him medicine.

What bad timing, interrupting their time alone together.

But since she was already there, Yun Yao still greeted Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan lay on the bed, his face pale, his forehead covered with a fine layer of sweat.

His face was delicate and fragile, and his thick eyelashes cast a deep shadow in his eyes.

It was more serious than she had imagined.

Given Xiao Yan's physical condition, he absolutely couldn't have gotten to this point without being exposed to the wind all night.

"Your Highness, what were you doing last night? Why are you so seriously ill?"

Su Yimo suddenly looked up at her, her eyes filled with an inscrutable expression, and her tone was heavy, "Crown Princess, what brings you here?"

Under her questioning tone, Yun Yao weakly replied, "...I heard that the Crown Prince caught a cold, so I came to see him."

Su Yimo is questioning her about what she's doing... making it seem like she's there to assassinate Xiao Yan.

She clearly had no other intentions and genuinely just wanted to come and see Xiao Yan, but why did she feel inexplicably guilty when Su Yimo questioned her?

It was as if Su Yimo's tone suggested she should feel guilty.

Yun Yao straightened her chest to boost her confidence. "Since Xiao Yan hasn't woken up yet, I'll be leaving now. Please let me know I was here later."

Su Yimo has not responded.

Yun Yao was too lazy to stay there any longer, so she turned around and left.

“Yun Yao”.

His voice was hoarse and weak.

"You're awake..." Yun Yao walked over and sat on the edge of the bed, her voice filled with questioning and sarcasm. "I didn't get sick even living in that lousy place called Daydream Pavilion, how come you're sick?"

Su Yimo turned her head to look at her, her eyes full of surprise, as if she hadn't expected her to say such a thing in front of Xiao Yan.

Yun Yao received her gaze, bit her lip, and secretly hated herself for having such a foul mouth, saying all sorts of things.

What if Xiao Yan doesn't even let her stay in the Daydream Pavilion and makes her live in the woodshed instead... she really can't stand it.

"I mean……"

Before Yun Yao could finish speaking, Xiao Yan interrupted her.

"What are you doing here? Are you too free?"

"..." She came to see him out of kindness, but he was so fierce. "Hmph, I was on the roof repairing yesterday. I'm very busy!"

Xiao Yan's lips curled into a barely perceptible smile. "Didn't Xie Qingye fix it for you?"

"How did you know?" Of course, this is Xiao Yan's territory; how could he not know...?

But, "Even if Xie Qingye helped me fix it, I also fixed part of it myself."

"Don't do such dangerous things next time." A pale, gloomy look settled on his brow, giving him a broken appearance.

"I know."

"Go back."

"..."

"Still not leaving?"

Yun Yao slowly took out a packet of candied fruit from her pocket. "When you take medicine, having a piece of candied fruit in your mouth will make it less bitter."

Although she knew that Xiao Yan lacked nothing and probably wouldn't even look at her bag of candied fruit, it was still her way of showing her affection.

Xiao Yan's eyes churned with a dark glint, then quickly returned to calm.

"Leave it here."

"Oh."

Su Yimo listened to the two's casual conversation, her expression becoming somewhat unsettled.

-

Because of continuous rain, the Mid-Autumn Festival hunting trip was delayed by a few days compared to the original plan.

However, as soon as the weather cleared up, they set off in a grand procession.

As the Crown Princess, Yun Yao had to go along even if she was not favored.

She almost threw up from sitting in that carriage.

Even Mu Mu couldn't stand it.

Throughout the entire process, Xiao Yan was only busy taking care of Su Yimo and completely ignored Yun Yao.

Yun Yao secretly rolled her eyes and devoured the pastries. Ever since she moved to Daydream Pavilion, she hadn't had any delicious pastries, so she had to show them off to her heart's content.

Su Yimo poured her a glass of water, saying, "Your Highness can eat slowly; no one will take it from you."

Xiao Yan retorted from the side, "She can pour her own water; she doesn't need you to pour it for her."

"...", taking advantage of Xiao Yan's gaze being elsewhere, Yun Yao glared at him fiercely.

But the next second, as if sensing something, Xiao Yan turned his head to look at her.

Caught red-handed by Xiao Yan, Yun Yao could only laugh it off, "...This pastry is really delicious."

Xiao Yan smiled slightly and turned his head to look out the window.

Arrive at the camp.

Xiao Yan has two tents, so naturally one is for Xiao Yan and one for Su Yimo, and the other is for her.

However… she didn’t expect that the other tent next to hers was occupied by Han Yicheng.

She bumped into someone as soon as she stepped out the door.

She turned to slip away, but Han Yicheng grabbed her by the back of her collar. "Why are you running?"

"...Long time no see, I didn't recognize you at first, haha."

Han Yicheng chuckled lightly, "Did you not recognize me, or do you not want to?"

"..."

"Alright, I'm not teasing you anymore," Han Yicheng said, pulling a rabbit out from behind his back. "Want some roasted rabbit?"

"Okay!" She hadn't eaten enough for dinner, but, "You can kill him, I don't kill living beings."

Han Yicheng looked down at her, a hint of helplessness in his eyes, and a smile escaped his thin lips, "...It was really unnecessary to call you."

"...", and just now he was grabbing her by the back of the collar, not letting her leave...

……

Han Yicheng's barbecue skills are really good.

Even Yun Yao, who doesn't particularly like barbecue, ate a lot.

The weather is nice, and you can see stars twinkling in the sky when you look up.

The firelight flickered on Han Yicheng's handsome face. A gentle breeze ruffled the stray hairs on his forehead. He lowered his eyes and saw that the campfire was dying down. Too lazy to get up, he kicked dry firewood into the flames with his long legs.

However, halfway through the meal, someone suddenly appeared from not far away.

Han Yicheng pulled Yun Yao up and hid behind a tree.

The tree trunk is no wider than a person.

They can only stand face to face.

Yun Yao heard the voices not far away, and they sounded somewhat familiar, like Xiao Yan's voice... and also Su Yimo's voice.

Han Yicheng smelled the familiar, alluring fragrance of the person beneath him and frowned slightly. "What kind of aromatherapy are you using?"

“I’ve never used incense before,” Yun Yao replied to Han Yicheng, while glancing at the two people approaching from a distance. “Let’s hurry, they’re coming.”

Seeing that the person in front of her was still not moving, Yun Yao grabbed his arm and walked to the other side.

Xiao Yan had already spotted the two people behind the tree from ahead. From his perspective, they were clearly flirting behind the tree.

He initially thought Yun Yao was being pinned down by Han Yicheng, until he saw Yun Yao pulling Han Yicheng's arm and leaving...

Su Yimo's original intention was to invite Xiao Yan out for a walk, a chat, and to help him relax.

But I never expected to see Yun Yao here.

Han Yicheng was pulled away by Yun Yao, her clear voice tinged with a mocking laugh, "We look like adulterers... Seriously, is it necessary to be so afraid just because we saw Xiao Yan?"

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